volvo truck corporation environmental affairs, dep. 20640, 21 june, 2005 cecilia gunnarsson feature...

Volvo Truck CorporationEnvironmental Affairs, Dep. 20640, 21 June, 2005

CECILIA GUNNARSSONFeature Specialist EnvironmentVolvo Truck Corporation

VOLVO’s ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR NEXT GENERATION TRUCKS


Volvo does not intend to protect motor vehicles at any price and in all connections.

However, the motor vehicle is indispensable today as a transport unit. It is in the interest of Volvo that motor vehicles are used in such a way that they do not cause damage or injury.

Volvo now considers its responsibility to be not only to ensure that the products are practical as transport units but also that they function in the widest perspective - in our environment.

Volvo alone cannot solve the environmental problems associated with motor vehicles. The community carries the main responsibility for developing our transport systems. But Volvo is determined to make active contributions with viewpoints and proposed solutions.

Volvo is convinced that a city environment which is both vital and favourable to human beings can be combined with efficient transport resources. The community needs both.

Volvo considers that neither fantastic Utopian products nor a romantic back-to-nature movement will solve the problems of the community but believes instead in practical and simple solutions which can be discussed and understood by everyone.

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Core Values

EnvironmentSafetyQuality

Quality, Safety, and Environmental care express the Volvo Group’s ambition to create value for our customers and to contribute to sustainable

development as an active partner with society

Quality, Safety, and Environmental care express the Volvo Group’s ambition to create value for our customers and to contribute to sustainable

development as an active partner with society


• Energy

• Greenhouse effect

• Air quality

• Noise

Environmental Challenges


Climate Change

• “Climate issues will present the automotive industry with its greatest challenge in the future”

Leif Johansson President and CEO of AB Volvo.

• The needed reduction of fossil greenhouse gas emissions will be a very strong driver for low or CO2 neutral fuels and vehicles.

• “Climate issues will present the automotive industry with its greatest challenge in the future”

Leif Johansson President and CEO of AB Volvo.

• The needed reduction of fossil greenhouse gas emissions will be a very strong driver for low or CO2 neutral fuels and vehicles.


Air Quality

• NOx and PM content in air

• Measurements show road traffic as main sources

NO2 in Gothenburg, Sweden 2000


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Production of all Oil and Gas

Source: CJ Campbell, 2004

“Oil peak. The time of cheap and abundant crude oil will be over!”“Oil peak. The time of cheap and abundant crude oil will be over!”


Infrastructure Impact on Fuel Consumption..impact on the number of stops

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Tractor / semi trailer combination, 40 tons


Road transport emission development

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All gaseous emission components will soon reach “sustainable” levels except CO2 … our future challenge!

CO2


Future Fuel Sources, Outlook Renewable fuels are not “Alternative” rather “Complementary”

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Fuel use for transportation

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Natural gas

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Biofuel

Source: COM(2001) 547 final

European Union

Alternative fuels

• 6% - 2010

• 20% - 2020

GTLCTL

CO2 neutral

fossil based fuel


Scenario conclusions

• Climate change must be addressed

Well-to-wheel CO2 emissions

• Current use of oil is not sustainable in the long run Availability

Security

Oil price

• Energy efficiency must be focused, regardless if the energy

is finite or renewable Well-to-wheel energy efficiency

• Climate change must be addressed

Well-to-wheel CO2 emissions

• Current use of oil is not sustainable in the long run Availability

Security

Oil price

• Energy efficiency must be focused, regardless if the energy

is finite or renewable Well-to-wheel energy efficiency


”Well-to-wheel” analysisVolvo study

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Future fuel scenario

• The increasing gap between production of light crude and market growth can only partly be compensated by Bio-fuel.

• Synthetic fuel production based on other fossil hydrocarbon will have to increase, thicker unconventional oil, GTL and CTL. However, this will have a continuous worsening effect on the global CO2 issue.

• Best Well-to-Wheel efficiency obtained through the DME route.

• The use of DME eliminates the PM issue.

• Synthetic diesel will not need new infrastructure, engines and onboard high pressure tank system.

• Regionally natural gas will increase in importance as a logistic fuel.

•Diesel pump price will continue to escalate.


DME

DME - DimethyletherA multi source and multi purpose fuel

Other fossilsources

Bio-mass

Natural gas

Powergeneration

Powergeneration

DieselDiesel

Fuel cellFuel cell

Domestic gasDomestic gas

Chemicalfeedstock

Chemicalfeedstock

CH3-O-CH3


Volvo’s Position on Future Fuels• Conventional diesel fuel will remain the

dominant fuel for at least two decades.

• Natural gas and biogas will be usedregionally.

• DME is a strong candidate for a morelong term future fuel:

Best well-to-wheel energy efficiency from bio source. Close to CO2 neutral if produced from biomass.

• Implementation will require joint forces Political system Energy sector Vehicle producers Vehicle customers

• Transforming an energy system comprising vehicles, fuel and infrastructure takes a long time

Requires extensive resources from everyone involved


• More efficient transportation with lower environmental impact

• Make it possible to improve utilization of existing transport capacity by up to 10%

• More cargo can be moved with fewer trucks

• Fuel consumption and exhaust emissions are both cut

• Offers detailed information about how much fuel the truck uses

Transport Efficiency


Bigger Combinations in Long Haul … Euro Module System improves productivity

Legal in EU

7.82 m 7.82 m

13.6 m

13.6 m

13.6 m 7.82 m

7.82 m 13.6 m

Max.18.75 m & GCW 44 ton

Legal in Sweden & Finland

Two vehicles instead of three• Possible to recouple to shorter combinations• Standard load units (7.82m and 13.6m)• Less total fuel consumption (15%)• Less emissions per tonkm• Less total room on road• Lower cost per tonkm• Less road damage

Two vehicles instead of three• Possible to recouple to shorter combinations• Standard load units (7.82m and 13.6m)• Less total fuel consumption (15%)• Less emissions per tonkm• Less total room on road• Lower cost per tonkm• Less road damage

Max.25.25 m & GCW 60 ton


Comparison 25.25 M Vehicles to Other SizesCapacity needed for the transport of 106 pallets

GCWNo. of trucks

Space on road

Fuel per1000tonkm*

* Note: Calculated with consideration to “normal” utilization

FuelIndex

26 ton6 300 m 27 lit 142

18 ton9 432 m 37 lit 195

12 ton16 755 m 53 lit 279

7.5 ton20 903 m 78 lit 410

60 ton2 130 m 16 lit 842 x

25.25

40 ton3 172 m 19 lit 1003 x

18.75


Environmental Concept Truck


The HILDUR


Distribution Concept Vehicle

Fewer vehicles and safer urban traffic!

Should be able to replace today’s conventional distribution trucks, vans and courier vehicles. A development that would cut the number of urban distribution vehicles by about 30 percent

Improved productivity influences energy consumption for the distribution of each package, and coordination of distribution helps reduce the number of vehicles on the road. This in turn has a positive effect on total exhaust emissions.

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